. >> senator hagel's likely if he's confirmed to be secretary of defense by march 1st. what kind of leadership challenges does this pose to him? what -- can he do anything to ameliorate it or send out signals -- if he says this is going to be his first-day challenge, what not advice to him, but where does he control the debate at all or the actual consequences? >> yeah. i don't know that there's a lot that the sec def -- whoever it is at that time -- can really do other than try to be, you know, straightforward and open with the congress and the american people about what the real impacts are going to be. not the hyperbole, not just talking points, but coming out with what the real impacts are going to be and let people know and make an informed decision about what's best for the country. i think that's about the best that any secretary of defense could do in this situation. and i actually want to go on. my last slide here before we close, i know we're getting close to 11:00, is, you know, you put all this together, and what we have coming here in the next few months, i